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Sexual exploitation of teen girls: Supreme Court Canada oral decision allowing crown appeal, setting aside acquittals and ordering new trial. #SCC majority agreed with NSCA majority. #criminallaw
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sexual exploitation of teen girls: Supreme Court Canada oral decision allowing crown appeal, setting aside acquittals and ordering new trial. #SCC majority agreed with NSCA majority. #criminallaw
Unanimous Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw and Charter Rights trial in reasonable time [Jordan] oral decision. #SCC allowed appeal, ordered new trial. Reasons to follow.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Unanimous Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw and Charter Rights trial in reasonable time [Jordan] oral decision. #SCC allowed appeal, ordered new trial. Reasons to follow.
6-3 [dissent in part] Supreme Court Canada ruled juries should only be asked to consider a theory if it is realistically supported by evidence. Instructions about alternative theory only needed if there is evidence that could realistically support that theory, “air of reality” requirement. #scc
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
6-3 [dissent in part] Supreme Court Canada ruled juries should only be asked to consider a theory if it is realistically supported by evidence. Instructions about alternative theory only needed if there is evidence that could realistically support that theory, “air of reality” requirement. #scc
Important #Indigenous rights decision from split BCCA on BC provincial law incorporating United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People #UNDRIP.
Gitxaala v British Columbia 2025 BCCA 430 www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/2...
Gitxaala v British Columbia 2025 BCCA 430 www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/2...
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Important #Indigenous rights decision from split BCCA on BC provincial law incorporating United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People #UNDRIP.
Gitxaala v British Columbia 2025 BCCA 430 www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/2...
Gitxaala v British Columbia 2025 BCCA 430 www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/2...
#SelfDefence #Alberta Crown Prosecution Service Practice Protocol. 'To assess cases that involve law [criminal code] of self-defence, particularly those cases involving unauthorized entry to personal dwellings' [homes] and 'use of reasonable force to defend oneself.' [Alberta Justice] #criminallaw
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#SelfDefence #Alberta Crown Prosecution Service Practice Protocol. 'To assess cases that involve law [criminal code] of self-defence, particularly those cases involving unauthorized entry to personal dwellings' [homes] and 'use of reasonable force to defend oneself.' [Alberta Justice] #criminallaw
Supreme Court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner met with volunteers from Clinique juridique de Saint-Michel (CJSM) in #Montréal. #scc scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Supreme Court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner met with volunteers from Clinique juridique de Saint-Michel (CJSM) in #Montréal. #scc scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
Sources: scc press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news... case summary scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... NSCA decision canlii.org/en/ns/nsca/d...
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Sources: scc press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news... case summary scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... NSCA decision canlii.org/en/ns/nsca/d...
Supreme Court Canada dismissed 4 leaves to appeal and granted one. #SCC will hear a #Habeascorpus case regarding rotating #prison lockdowns and solitary confinement. Unanimous NSCA held was an improper use of habeas corpus and upheld validity of lockdowns. #NovaScotia
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Supreme Court Canada dismissed 4 leaves to appeal and granted one. #SCC will hear a #Habeascorpus case regarding rotating #prison lockdowns and solitary confinement. Unanimous NSCA held was an improper use of habeas corpus and upheld validity of lockdowns. #NovaScotia
Sources: scc press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias... case in brief scc-csc.ca/judgments-ju... QCCA decision canlii.org/en/qc/qcca/d...
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sources: scc press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias... case in brief scc-csc.ca/judgments-ju... QCCA decision canlii.org/en/qc/qcca/d...
Supreme Court of Canada upholds order for new trial for a man charged with sexual assault largely for the reason of majority in appeal court decision that trial judge's reasons for acquittal were inadequate. #scc #criminallaw
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Supreme Court of Canada upholds order for new trial for a man charged with sexual assault largely for the reason of majority in appeal court decision that trial judge's reasons for acquittal were inadequate. #scc #criminallaw
This is incredibly sad. A Canadian legend that lit up the room. Colleen Jones will be missed. For more see Curling Canada www.curling.ca/blog/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is incredibly sad. A Canadian legend that lit up the room. Colleen Jones will be missed. For more see Curling Canada www.curling.ca/blog/2025/11...
6-3 Supreme Court Canada ruled inmates can challenge refusal to transfer them to lower security prison. Denying transfer to lower security institution can be a deprivation of liberty. #Habeascorpus protections apply to protect prisoners 'residual liberty.' #scc #prisons
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
6-3 Supreme Court Canada ruled inmates can challenge refusal to transfer them to lower security prison. Denying transfer to lower security institution can be a deprivation of liberty. #Habeascorpus protections apply to protect prisoners 'residual liberty.' #scc #prisons
Supreme Court Canada justices Côté, Rowe and O’Bonsawin in #ThunderBay Ontario. Visited the Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic and Lakehead law school. #SCC press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Supreme Court Canada justices Côté, Rowe and O’Bonsawin in #ThunderBay Ontario. Visited the Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic and Lakehead law school. #SCC press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
Unanimous CMAC decision explains jurisdiction and authority under s481.2 Criminal Code plus National Defence Act makes it clear 'civilian dependants' subject to military code of service discipline. Man's spouse is a Canadian Armed Forces member. www.canlii.org/en/ca/cmac/d...
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Unanimous CMAC decision explains jurisdiction and authority under s481.2 Criminal Code plus National Defence Act makes it clear 'civilian dependants' subject to military code of service discipline. Man's spouse is a Canadian Armed Forces member. www.canlii.org/en/ca/cmac/d...
#Alberta Bill9 applies Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause to sections within #Education Act, Fairness and Safety in #Sports Act, #Health Professions Act. Bill also exempts those sections from Bill of Rights and Human Rights law. In the name of protecting #children. #ableg
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Supreme Court Canada #HabeasCorpus and #prisons decision Friday. "Whether denial of reclassification and transfer to lower security institution is deprivation of residual liberty reviewable by way of habeas corpus."
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Supreme Court Canada #HabeasCorpus and #prisons decision Friday. "Whether denial of reclassification and transfer to lower security institution is deprivation of residual liberty reviewable by way of habeas corpus."
Unanimous oral Supreme Court Canada judgment. #SCC upholds man’s [ONCA] conviction for sending sexually explicit material to person under 16 years of age [child]. Watch and listen to J Kasirer's oral judgment. #criminallaw #children
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Unanimous oral Supreme Court Canada judgment. #SCC upholds man’s [ONCA] conviction for sending sexually explicit material to person under 16 years of age [child]. Watch and listen to J Kasirer's oral judgment. #criminallaw #children
12 Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decisions Thurs. Charter, disclosure and #privacy of religious congregation information. #Indigenous treaty rights, duty to consult and #Saskatchewan dams. Parents #humanrights and children protection order/court.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
12 Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decisions Thurs. Charter, disclosure and #privacy of religious congregation information. #Indigenous treaty rights, duty to consult and #Saskatchewan dams. Parents #humanrights and children protection order/court.
2 Supreme Court Canada breathalyzer evidence decisions. Crown can rely on certificate from person administering breath test to prove that breath machine is properly calibrated. #SCC justice Suzanne Côté was lone dissent in both decisions. #criminallaw
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
2 Supreme Court Canada breathalyzer evidence decisions. Crown can rely on certificate from person administering breath test to prove that breath machine is properly calibrated. #SCC justice Suzanne Côté was lone dissent in both decisions. #criminallaw
2 Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw decisions involving breathalyser evidence on Friday. #scc press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
2 Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw decisions involving breathalyser evidence on Friday. #scc press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
Supreme Court Canada, "On #RemembranceDay, the Court pauses to join Canadians in honouring all those who have served our country." [via SCC linkedin]
#LestWeForget #RememberThem
#LestWeForget #RememberThem
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Supreme Court Canada, "On #RemembranceDay, the Court pauses to join Canadians in honouring all those who have served our country." [via SCC linkedin]
#LestWeForget #RememberThem
#LestWeForget #RememberThem
"We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields" Poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian army field surgeon John McCrae of #Guelph Canada writing after 2nd battle of Ypres Belgium 1915 World War One.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields" Poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian army field surgeon John McCrae of #Guelph Canada writing after 2nd battle of Ypres Belgium 1915 World War One.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at National War Memorial Ottawa. One of the greatest traditions I've seen started when Canadians spontaneously laid their poppies on the tomb after the first unknown solder was interred in May 2000.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at National War Memorial Ottawa. One of the greatest traditions I've seen started when Canadians spontaneously laid their poppies on the tomb after the first unknown solder was interred in May 2000.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem
Supreme Court Canada dismissed 4 leaves to appeal and granted 1. #SCC will hear #Saskatchewan use of Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause in #education law. #constitution
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Supreme Court Canada dismissed 4 leaves to appeal and granted 1. #SCC will hear #Saskatchewan use of Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause in #education law. #constitution